(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has approved a €100 million guarantee facility for Froda, increasing their lending capacity to support micro-entrepreneurs across the EU. This expands on an existing €50 million arrangement, bringing the total to €150 million. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Small Business, Technology
Tagged cross-border expansion, digital lending platform, economic growth, EIF, EU, EU-wide microfinance guarantee, European Investment Fund, female entrepreneurs, financing gaps, Froda, inclusive entrepreneurship, InvestEU, Marjut Falkstedt, micro-entrepreneurs, micro-SME financing, micro-SME growth, microfinance, Nordic markets, Olle Lundin, partnership, small business growth, SME financing, sole traders, sustainable financing infrastructure, VISA, €100 million guarantee
(IN BRIEF) The Taipei Mass Rapid Transit, also known as Metro Taipei, operated by the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC), is undergoing a significant upgrade in its Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) system with the partnership of Thales and MiTAC Information … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged American Express, Automatic Fare Collection System, JCB, Mastercard, Metro Taipei, MiTAC, Mr. Cyrille BATAILLE, Mr. Jean-Marc Reynaud, Mr. Kent Chen, Mr. SU Leong, QR codes, Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation (TRTC), Taiwan, Thales, VISA
(NOTÍCIA EM BREVE) A Carbonplace, uma rede de transações de crédito de carbono, levantou US$ 45 milhões em financiamento de suas instituições financeiras fundadoras e se estabeleceu como uma entidade autônoma. O investimento será usado para dimensionar a plataforma, expandir … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Algomi, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Carbonplace, CIBC, Climate Impact X, Crédito de carbono, fintech, investimento, Itaú Unibanco, National Australia Bank, NatWest, Nivaura, Robert Begbie, Scott Eaton, SMBC, Standard Chartered, UBS, VISA
(IN BRIEF) Carbonplace, a carbon credit transaction network, has raised $45 million in funding from its founding financial institutions and established itself as a standalone entity. The investment will be used to scale the platform, expand its services, and partner … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Environment, Financial, Investment, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Algomi, BBVA, BNP Paribas, carbon credit, Carbonplace, CIBC, Climate Impact X, fintech, investment, Itaú Unibanco, National Australia Bank, NatWest, Nivaura, Robert Begbie, Scott Eaton, SMBC, Standard Chartered, UBS, VISA
The case for crypto is getting stronger for financial institutions. New UK insights from global research highlight that: 41% of UK adults surveyed have either used cryptocurrencies or view them positively 27% of those surveyed are owners of cryptocurrencies for … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Internet & Online, Investment, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Antony Cahill, Claudio Di Nella, crypto, crypto ecosystem, crypto offering, crypto platforms, digital currencies, digital payments, financial decision makers, financial institutions, Global Crypto Advisory Practice, NFTs, RESEARCH, retailers, VCA, VISA, Visa Consulting and Analytics
New Visa research shows how essential digital capabilities are for SMBs to compete in a post pandemic world Amidst record rise of entrepreneurism, a new class of digitally-native small businesses emerge (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 16-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Visa (NYSE: … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Internet & Online, Management, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged contactless payments, digital economy, digital infrastructure, digital payments, digitisation, Entrepreneurship, Mary Kay Bowman, pandemic, small and micro businesses, small businesses, SMBs, VISA, Visa Back to Business global study
Visa to make €50,000 donation following this weekend’s UEFA Women’s Champions League final Winner of the Player of the Match Award can choose which charity or project will receive the donation UEFA Foundation for Children currently supports 168 humanitarian and … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, News, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged Adrian Farina, charity projects, Covid-19 pandemic, diversity, donation, empowering female athletes, equality, female empowerment, female footballers, football, football careers, gender equality, Inclusion, Player of the Match Award, sponsorship, The Second Half initiative, UEFA Foundation for Children, UEFA Women’s Champions League Final, Urs Kluser, VISA, women’s football
Subscriptions to popular services including streaming services have quadrupled during the UK lockdown New Lloyds Bank feature makes managing subscriptions easier for customers The service is currently being piloted and will be available soon to customers across the UK (PRESS … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Internet & Online, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged app, COVID-19, Lloyds Bank, Minna Technologies, mobile app, mobile banking, Nick Edwards, subscription, VISA
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 20-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — 24 leading UK universities represented by Russell Group released today a set of proposals and measures aimed at defending Britain’s hard-won leading position on the international higher education market. Among others are fast-tracking … Read the full press release
Axiom Prepaid Holding’s CEO, Steven Foster, will be featured on the cover of Total Prestige Magazine’s January 2020 issue (PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 31-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — It seems only fitting that in a year filled with new product launches, new … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Germany, Greece, Internet & Online, Italy, Media, News, Portugal, Romania, Small Business, Spain, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged accolade, app, Axiom, Axiom Prepaid Holdings, banking industry veteran, CEO, emerging business, Entrepreneur, feature article, Gen-Z, global traveler, leadership, Mastercard, Millennials, prepaid, prepaid card, prepaid Mastercard®, prepaid Visa®, Prepaid White Label, start-up, Steven Foster, Steven P. Urry, Total Prestige Magazine, unbanked, VISA
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 19-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — New pilot cashback scheme, aimed at making it easier and more convenient for people to access cash in areas across UK where it might be challenging, is going to be launched in the UK by Lloyds … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, News, Retail, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged access to cash, ATMs, British high streets, cash access, cash withdrawals, cashback, cashback pilot scheme, cashback system, Lloyds Banking Group, local high street shops, local retail stores, protects access to cash, retailers, Vim Maru, VISA
(PRESS RELEASE) SINGAPORE, 07-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Gone are the days where cash was king in China. According to China Tech Insights’ report last year, 74 percent of Chinese consumers said they could live for more than a month with only 100 RMB … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Netherlands, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Amex, bank, CHINA, contactless cards, Contactless Payment, digital payment, Gemalto, ICBC, JCB, Mastercard, UnionPay, VISA
85% of Britons say banks are the most trusted institution in the provision of biometric authentication payment services Britons are twice as likely to trust banks as government agencies to store their biometric information (60% vs 33%) LONDON, 21-Sep-2016 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Government, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged biometric data, Britons, Kevin Jenkins, VISA
“The Apple Pay expansion will catapult mobile payments into the mainstream in both France and Switzerland, offering Visa cardholders an easy, secure and private way to pay.” – Sandra Alzetta, Visa Europe LONDON, 20-Jun-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Visa today confirmed that … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, France, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Tagged Apple Pay, cardholders, Sandra Alzetta, VISA, Visa Europe
Amsterdam, 10-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is collaborating with Visa, one of the world’s largest payment providers, to equip visitors at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with contactless payment wristbands. Gemalto’s solution … Read the full press release
Visa’s Cloud Based Payments specification enables international expansion of BBVA Wallet from Spain to Mexico, Chile and the US this year London, 4-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BBVA today becomes the first global banking group to commercially launch mobile NFC payments based … Read the full press release
12-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the European Parliament adopted amendments to the EU visa rules (Regulation 539/2001), including a new visa waiver suspension mechanism to ensure that visa free travel does not lead to irregularities or abuse. “The new visa waiver suspension mechanism will contribute … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Travel
Tagged Cecilia Malmström, EU visa, EU visa rules, VISA, visa waiver suspension mechanism, visa-free regime
Colombes, France, 27-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Oberthur Technologies, one of the world’s largest providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, today announced its selection by Samsung Electronics to provide PEARL, the state-of-the-art NFC embedded Secure … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, France, Security & Safety, Technology, Telecom
Tagged GALAXY S4, Google, HID Global, Mastercard, NFC payment, Oberthur Technologies, PEARL, Samsung Electronics, VISA
Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Schengen area of free movement allows more than 400 million EU citizens from 26 European countries and an increasing number of non-EU citizens, to travel without internal border controls. Today the Commission presented its third Schengen ‘health check’, a … Read the full press release
New money transfer service: Scan & Pay NFC: contactless payment possible with immediate effect Online safe for personal documents With additional new features, Erste Bank und Sparkassen continue to focus on innovative products in connection with ‘Austria’s most modern bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Banks, Business, Financial, Internet & Online, Retail, Technology, Telecom
Tagged ATM cards, Contactless Payment, credit cards, Erste Bank, Maestro ATM cards, Mastercard, money transfer service, near field communication, Netbanking, netbanking app, NFC, Pay-Pass, Peter Bosek, QR-code, Quick-Contactless, sCredit Card, Sparkassen, VISA
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